SWAZILAND – FAO
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE GOVERNMENT of the traditional southern African kingdom of Swaziland is taking proactive steps to promote traditional cooking in a country that is developing health problems through its adoption of modern processed foods. The United Nations (UN) Food & Agriculture Organisation has reported rises in hypertension and sugar diabetes. It quotes Nikiwe Dlamini, a Swazi government home economist warning: "People have turned away from indigenous food and now are eating fast food. Rural people are buying packaged food in town, such as canned fish, ...
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